Upgrading Laptops....

I've e-mailed Acer regarding possible upgrades on the Ferrari as well. According to the guy, the GPU can not be upgraded. However, the CPU CAN be upgraded, since it is in a socket. RAM, HDD can be upgraded as well.
I would wait a little b4 buying the Ferrari. Turion X2's are due out very soon (in like a month), and prices of Turion 64 laptops should start to go down.

The Acer Ferrari is the x700 128 MB permanently afixed to the mainboard with industrial adhesive. I would assume they would be offering an x1600 model soon.

That is a nice system.
POSITIVES:
The keyboard is really nice
The area around the keyboard is a rubberized material which is really nice
SXGA+ is nice (a little small for my taste)
The carbon fiber top really puts it over the edge for cool looks (they probably could have left off the red on the sides)
Built in BlueTooth is clutch

I wish more ODM's put that much quality into their systems for the freakin prices they get.

NEGATIVES:
Crystal Scan finish on the screen... not nice.
2 Chips of 512 MB CAS 2.5 memory. If you want to upgrade you have to spend 1 GB prices to yield only 512 MB of additional memory... NOT COOL. I would build it with minimum single 1 GB chip CAS 2.0 2-2-2-5 extreme memory and squeeze the extra performance out of it.
ML-37 2.0 GHz 35 watt processor... for the price I would be building with ML-44 2.4 GHz and just DOMINATE the freaking WORLD! [maniacal laugh] (sorry, I lost myself for a second)
54 b/g Wireless... killer systems deserve killer wirless 108 G+ Acer come on.
100 Gig 5,400 rpm hard drive... again, this is a performance machine, it needs a 7,200 rpm hard drive.
Expensive.

Now when I look at that, and see I can build and sell a machine with spec's this should have that I listed above for less than ACER is selling the Ferrari, and granted I am not selling 1,000 machines a day like they probably are... you can see how much they are paying for the Ferrari name.
Ferrari... "come on down and meet your maker."